Special Event: Meet the authors and editors of Love Inspired Historical

Hey Cheryl, I'm looking forward to reading your new book since I've enjoyed all the ones I've read of yours so far.

I also love series books but because my memory is short, I save them until I get the whole series then read them together. It's more fun that way but it's a terrible wait when they're issued months/years apart.

I love the look of the new board.  I got in without any trouble at all, but I can't seem to find the previous posts?  I'm headed out for a walk in the 70 degree Washington DC weather, then I'm going to come back and explore

I was lost for a while but found this site again. I think. I don't know what happened to the previous posts, either, so I'll repeat myself. My first LIH is FRONTIER COURTSHIP, March 2008. The cover is up on Amazon and on my website, ValerieHansen.com. It's absolutely gorgeous. I don't think I've ever had a prettier cover and I've had some gorgeous ones.

My second LIH is WILDERNESS COURTSHIP which you can look for in Aug. 2008. I have two more contracted but since I haven't written them yet, we'll all have to be surprised together!

I also tried to add a photo. Hope it worked,

Later,

Val 

Welcome everyone! I'm glad you all found the new digs okay.

We will work on getting the previous posts copied over as soon as possible. I need to find out from our tech team how to make it happen, since they're on completely different platforms, but I will be working on getting that done for you.

Dream 

Thanks for keeping us posted, Dream! Sorry about the Spam thing.

Well, I thought about copying them, but that's over a hundred posts to copy, so I'm going to give you the link to go back and read anything you might have missed.

The link to the old site will be available for about a month or so, so you've got time to take a look around, say goodbye, and all that.

Previous Posts for this discussion 

How exciting!!

I'm a HUGE Hideaway fan, so very excited to hear about the Hideaway historical. It doesn't get much better than that!

I love Regencies, and have been VERY disappointed in what's out there right now in the market in general, so I'd love to see the Inspirational market fill in the gap. 

I also would love to see some Biblical fiction. I keep recommending Two Women of Galilee by Mary Rourke, which was by far the best book I'd read in 2007.  Huh. Maybe it was 2006, looking at the listing in the bookstore. Whichever. Anyway, I LOVED the setting. 

And I know Civil War doesn't tend to sell well, but I am a big fan of the US Civil War. Oh, and French Revolution. Okay, pretty much any of the big wars are my cup of tea. Not the boring battle stuff, but the stories of real people and how they lived during those times. In college, I used to find and read all the old journals from people back then. Love that kind of stuff.

Okay, off to do more moving!

Hi everyone--

I found the thread!

Cherl--Congrats on your contract with LIH!

I am looking forward to the first two books of this line that are on their way to me as we speak!

Mary

I'm fascinated by the early days of aviation.  In my mind, pilots are "lfying cowboys." .   Airplanes opened up all sorts of places for missionaries. I'm seeing a tropical setting, maybe Africa . . . or Tahiti!  Some place warm and sunny!

warm and sunny sounds good. Africa would be very interesting. How about Asia?

Asia would be fascinating. Every once in a while, I think of doing a story set in China. Believe it or not, my senior thesis at UC Berkeley was called, "The Problems the Communist Party Faced in Mobilizing Women in China in the 1920s."  Does that sound dull or what! 

Then again, add some romance and you've got a story.  I'm seeing an American pilot rescuing a woman missiionary and the three kids in her care . . . . 

Hello to everyone. I'm Sara Mitchell, and like Melissa mentioned my LIH LEGACY OF SECRETS comes out in April. The new format here on eharlequin really does look great, but like a couple of ya'll mentioned, I lost all the earlier posts (or is it threads??) so am repeating myself here. As I mentioned in my other "first post,"  I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone inside my computer!   My heart remains hooked on the 1890s, but I admit this uniquely 21st century form of communication works better than the telegraph. 

Thanks, Melissa, for introducing all the LIH authors so beautifully. I'm very excited to be part of the Steeple hill family again after all these years.

Sara

>> I'm seeing an American pilot rescuing a woman missiionary and the three kids in her care .  <<

 I am loving this idea! 

When I was a little girl, I adored Amelia Earhart. She and Marie Curie were two of my heroes. Er, heroines. I've always loved stories about historical women who dared break the rules. Maybe it's the rebel in me.

I should probably just go ahead and admit to my addiction to biographies. And I REALLY love fictional versions of biographies as well. I cut my teeth on Victoria Holt, and very quickly moved to her Jean Plaidy and Phillippa Carr books... I really loved the Jean Plaidy books. Right now, I'm reading Christine Schaub's Music of the Heart series, which is the fictionalized versions of the lives of the writers of famous hymns and am very much enjoying those books. I'm not sure what I'll do when I'm done, since there's only two out.

See what you've done, Melissa? You've forced me to admit to my secret addictions. Oh well, as I always tell the hubby, there are worse things to be addicted to.

I love all setting ideas you guys are coming up with. I keep reading these posts and thinking, "Yes! I want to read that too!" 

There. Now you have it. If you didn't know this about me before, you can see me in my full nerdy glory.  

And I forgot to welcome Sara Mitchell... I definitely want to give you a warm welcome because I know how unsure you were about getting online and getting it all figured out. Looks like you're going to be a pro in no time!